This Is Tees Valley This Is Tees Valley - Issue 1 2020 | Page 29

National Horizons Centre – Teesside
University’s £22.3m centre of
excellence for the biosciences
industry in Darlington provides
specialist training, education and
research in the sector.
Amazon – Located on Symmetry Park, Darlington, is the
1,500,000sq ft Amazon distribution centre, the largest
industrial and logistics facility in the North-East of England.
Northern School Of Art – At the heart of Hartlepool’s
Innovation and Skills Quarter, this further and higher
education facility (previously CCAD) has undergone a
£10.5million transformation, with a new state-of-the-art
teaching facility, providing 45,000sq ft of teaching and
administration space.
Church Street – As part
of the £9.9m Innovation
and Skills Quarter
infrastructure work, this
has seen major street
and traffic improvements
alongside the creation
of the high-quality BIS
studios for creative
start-ups and improved
connectivity to the
Northern School of Art,
town centre and marina.
Kirkleatham Walled Garden – An
£8m project has brought the Grade
II-listed 3.5 acre gardens at Redcar’s
Kirkleatham Museum back into use
after 30 years, with gardens, event
spaces and a horticultural and
catering training facility.
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
– The world-leading
biopharmaceutical development and
manufacturing organisation recently
committed £14.5m to establish
a new 3.5hectare Bio-Campus
in Billingam, with new office and
laboratory space.
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